People always want to know,
Sparrow,
which is your favorite song?
I really can't tell you that.
There's one thing I know for sure,
is that whenever I sing this one,
it always tend to generate a lot of excitement.
People seem to go real crazy.
The women go wild with laughter,
and the men with the mustache always pull aside and blush.
Look at that fella with the mustache there.
Now
this is called by many different names in many different lands.
In Venezuela,
it is called Bacalao.
Now
back home,
we call it simply,
Salt Fish.
So let me stick to Salt Fish,
even though I know you have a special name for it.
Salt Fish.
Are you ready to sing a little chorus for Sparrow tonight?
Say yeah, yeah,
yeah.
I'll make it very, very simple,
so all you have to sing is,
Salt Fish.
Nothing in the world sweeter than Salt Fish.
English cod or the hard barb,
and Salt Fish.
It's sweeter than meat.
When you want to eat, let me hear you say,
all Salt Fish sweet.
Mm.
Salt Fish stew
is what I like.
So do do.
You must give me day and night.
I like your food,
so don't find me rude.
It's my favorite.
I show every man in here I already eat it.
Salt Fish.
Nothing
in the world sweeter than Salt Fish.
English cod or the hard Jamaica, Salt Fish.
It's sweeter than meat.
When you want to eat, let me hear you say,
all Salt Fish sweet.
Very well.
I like the taste,
though
the smell
sometimes out of place.
It hard to take,
so make no mistake.
I want you to know,
it's because it extra sweet,
it's smelling so Salt Fish.
Big money does run behind it, Salt Fish.
Man has even pull
gun to find it, Salt Fish.
It's sweeter than meat.
When you want to eat, sing the chorus,
all Salt Fish sweet.
Whoa.
Some like it hot.
Some like it cold.
No matter what,
I take in young or old.
Man does chew it fine,
put no pepper.
The bone in the center does be sweet like sugar,
Salt Fish.
Some men does get drunk to face it, Salt Fish.
Man does hide the face to taste it, Salt Fish.
It's sweeter than meat.
When you want to eat,
I like all Salt Fish sweet.
I will die a happy man
if I close me eye
with some Salt Fish in me hand.
Bury me
in the cemetery.
Any morning,
put a Salt Fish picture on me tombstone saying,
Salt Fish.
Sparrow was its greatest lover, Salt Fish.
He even adored the odor,
Salt Fish.
It's sweeter than meat.
When you want to eat, let me hear you say,
all Salt Fish sweet.
Salt Fish, Salt Fish, Salt Fish, Salt Fish.
Every day and every night, they want Salt Fish.
With some lime and pepper.
I wonder if it is as nutritious as they say.
With onion and vinegar.
I
feel that if they really market this thing,
Salt Fish,
they could sell plenty of them.
Because when you see it's prepared properly,
it just tastes really good, you know.
You know what I mean?
A little pepper, put plenty onion and thing.
Make sure that you wash it good.
And get ready to eat.
I know Junior don't eat that man.
Don't give Junior that.
Don't give Junior that.
You can't give Junior that thing.
You wouldn't know how to appreciate it.